After 25 years of providing small satellites, it’s hard to believe that SSTL was established as an offshoot of the University of Surrey (a close tie we still benefit from today) where, in a small lab, the small satellite revolution all began. One of the inaugural satellites to come out of t...

After 13 years of providing imagery for disaster response to its members, the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is now making its imagery free for all countries to access during natural emergencies - whether they are members or not.
The move, announced last month by th...

Next week SSTL is travelling to Naples for the 63rd annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Held every year, the IAC is organised by the International Aeronautical Foundation (IAF) to bring political, industrial and scientific representatives from throughout the world together to shape...

Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman and founder of SSTL, has been presented the International Von Kármán Wings Award by the Aerospace Historical Society and the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology. The award has been presented to aerospace pioneers who ha...

Last night, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) was presented the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Systems award at the AIAA Space 2012 conference and exhibition in California. The award recognises outstanding achievements in the architecture, analysis,...

It’s universally accepted that the world’s forests need protecting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. But if we are to bring about the dramatic reduction of deforestation and illegal logging, we need to get to the root of the problem and introduce a fair and sustainable p...